by Mary Bottari | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog
U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone used to say "sometimes you have to pick a fight to win one." Now Occupy Wall Street has picked one, right in Jamie Dimon's backyard. But it won’t stay contained in Zuccotti Park. While Brookfield Properties called the park a "public...
by Mary Bottari | Sep 26, 2011 | Blog
Wisconsin has been riveted in recent days by reports that more of Governor Scott Walker's top aides may be implicated in a secret "John Doe" investigation into potentially illegal campaign practices during Walker's 2010 gubernatorial race. Although the investigation...
by Mary Bottari | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Janesville, WI -- As President Obama gets ready for his big jobs speech Thursday, America's nurses have a message for him. "Heal America, Tax Wall Street!" the signs read as nurses rallied in front of 61 Congressional offices recently. The nurses are proposing a bold...
by Mary Bottari | May 26, 2011 | Blog
Today, Wisconsin Judge Maryann Sumi ruled Governor Scott Walker's "budget repair bill," which would eviscerate collective bargaining rights for most public workers in the state, "null and void." Sumi ruled that lawmakers clearly violated the state's open meetings law...
by Mary Bottari | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog
Remember when the fight broke out in Wisconsin over the right to collectively bargain and President Obama and a phalanx of national democratic leaders spread out across the country fighting for the rights of American workers? Right, we don't remember that...
